Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Because of their
relatively easy accessibility, they are among the most frequently visited places of this region, with the Svalbard Archipelago being the most intensively used for scientifi c purposes and the best-studied one among them. Poland belongs to the most active states conducting research in this area. The...
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| Summary: | relatively easy accessibility, they are among the most frequently visited places of this region, with the Svalbard Archipelago being the most intensively used for scientifi c purposes and the best-studied one among them. Poland belongs to the most active states conducting research in this area. The history of our studies there goes back to 1932, when three Poles, Czesław Cent-kiewicz, Stanisław Siedlecki and Władysław Łysakowski, organised the fi rst Polish expe-dition to the North, combined with wintering on Bear Island (Bjørnøya). By 1939, three more expeditions had been made. The war and the next decade have been the only longer break in our exploration history of this region, but from |
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